Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2013, All Rights Reserved U.S. Data Repository Please read U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on this page: Transcribed and submitted by Linda Talbott for the US Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ ========================================================================= U.S. Data Repository NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization. Non-commercial organizations desiring to use this material must obtain the consent of the transcriber prior to use. Individuals desiring to use this material in their own research may do so. ========================================================================= Formatted by U.S. Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== Counties of PORTER and Lake Indiana. Historical and Biographical Weston A. Goodspeed, Historical Editor Charles Blanchard, Biographical Editor F. A. Battey & Co., Pub., Chicago - 1882 -339- DR. GEORGE W. ARNOLD was born in Cayuga County, N. Y., August 6, 1837, and is a son of ELISHA and PHEBE (SAYLES) ARNOLD, both natives of New York. When GEORGE W. ARNOLD was eight years of age, he came with his parents to Porter County, Ind., where he has since resided. During his youth, he worked on the farm and acquired a fair common- school education. At the age of twenty-two, he began to study medi- cine at home, and in 1871 he graduated at the Bennett Medical College of Chicago, and the same year located at Wheeler, where he has been practicing, with the exception of one year spent in South Chicago. In 1864, he entered Company H, Fifty-third Regiment Indiana Volunteers, and served until the war was closed. Dr. ARNOLD is a member of Lodge No. 403, A. F. & A. M., and also of Valparaiso Commandery. In poli- tics he is a Republican. =========================================================================== If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access more information about Porter County, Indiana by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/in/porter/ ===========================================================================